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Top page edges tinted red. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-titles present. Both volumes illustrated with numerous maps, plans, facsimile documents and letters. A bibliography, appendix and index in double column to the rear of each volume. Vol. 1: includes sections on Ashe House, The Jovial Times, Arms, Marriage, Sedgemoor, The Invasion, King James's Memoirs, The Tower, the Grand Alliance, The Sunshine Day, The Tory Ferment, Trepanning an Army, The Conquering Hero, The Unfought Waterloo, and The Mortified Adventurer, etc., etc. Vol. 2, includes: The Whig Approach, The War in Spain, The Year of Victory, Abigail, The Morrow of Success, The Home Front, and The Winter Struggle, The Whigs and Peace, Tournai, Mortifications, Dissolution, General Only, Ne Plus Ultra, Exile, At Blenheim Palace, etc., etc., and an index. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. A very clean and tight set. Some faint sunning to spines. Without previous ownership markings. 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Bound in publisher's deluxe full blue morocco; gilt stamped lettering on the smooth spine, the frontage with gilt stamped arabesque interlocking sword motif and lettering; top edge gilt and other edges untrimmed; marbled endpapers. Half-title. 3 facsimile examples of text or manuscript; 54 illustrations including portrait bust frontispiece, many charcoal drawn plates and in-text line drawings; 4 fold-out maps; appendices; indexes of place names and personal names. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure, covers beautifully preserved, one or two very slight indentations to rear. The textblock is near immaculate, title-page with slight creasing and offsetting. Without previous ownership markings. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes: Rare publisher's deluxe edition bound in stunning full morocco. Title-page verso states: \"... fifth impression, September 1935. Printed in Great Britain by W. 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Bound in publisher's original burgundy cloth, spines gilt, Duke of Marlborough's armorial crest gilt to upper covers. Top page edges tinted red. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-titles present. Both volumes illustrated with numerous maps, plans, facsimile documents and letters. A bibliography, appendix and index in double column to the rear of each volume. Vol. 1: includes sections on Ashe House, The Jovial Times, Arms, Marriage, Sedgemoor, The Invasion, King James's Memoirs, The Tower, the Grand Alliance, The Sunshine Day, The Tory Ferment, Trepanning an Army, The Conquering Hero, The Unfought Waterloo, and The Mortified Adventurer, etc., etc. Vol. 2, includes: The Whig Approach, The War in Spain, The Year of Victory, Abigail, The Morrow of Success, The Home Front, and The Winter Struggle, The Whigs and Peace, Tournai, Mortifications, Dissolution, General Only, Ne Plus Ultra, Exile, At Blenheim Palace, etc., etc., and an index. Condition: VERY GOOD. Bindings tight and secure. 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